From my favorite political blogger who is currently battling cancer.

[Josiah]

My Stake In the 2016 Election Is Way More Personal Than Usual

—By Kevin Drum
| Wed Mar. 18, 2015 1:20 PM EDT


Ed Kilgore:

I'm increasingly convinced that by the end of the Republican presidential nominating process the candidates will have pressured each other into a Pact of Steel to revoke all of Obama's executive orders and regulations. The post-2012 GOP plan to quickly implement the Ryan Budget and an Obamacare repeal in a single reconciliation bill will almost certainly be back in play if Republicans win the White House while holding on to Congress. Republicans (with even Rand Paul more or less going along) are all but calling for a re-invasion of Iraq plus a deliberate lurch into a war footing with Iran. And now more than ever, the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court would seem to vary almost 180 degrees based on which party will control the next couple of appointments.
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This is more personal for me than usual. Scary, too. There are no guarantees in life, and there's no guarantee that MoJo will employ me forever. If I lose my job, and Republicans repeal Obamacare, I will be left with a very serious and very expensive medical condition and no insurance to pay for it. And I feel quite certain that Republicans will do nothing to help me out.
Obviously lots of other people are in the same position, and have been for a long time. But there's nothing like being in the crosshairs yourself to bring it all home. If Republicans win in 2016, my life is likely to take a very hard, very personal turn for the worse.

 

[Debby]

That must be a scary thing for you Josiah! Are you thinking that an insurance company would refuse you (if it went back to the old system) because it's a pre-existing condition? That's an awful thing to contemplate for sure because medical costs without insurance are just through the roof! Is there anything that you can do that will help you manage your condition as in altering your lifestyle or dietary habits or anything like that?

Sure feel bad for you having to think about stuff like this. It's so ridiculous that any government will spend so much money on bullish** like wars and arming terrorists and such while their own citizens who pay taxes have to live in fear of falling through the cracks and not being cared about or for! Awful!

 

[Josiah]

Thank you for your expressions of concern. I can see where the cast of characters of my original post could be confusing. The OP was written by Kevin Drum and in it he quotes Ed Kilgore. Kevin Drum is the individual battling cancer who is frightened about losing his job and his health insurance. I'm doubly covered first by the VA and then by Medicare.